Summer is when the Preserve shines
It is summer at the Preserve, and I could not be happier to welcome you…
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Forty years of the best job on the Island: An interview with Thuya Lodge docent Helen Townsend
Helen Townsend first saw the Thuya property in the 1960s when she visited the gardens...
2022 Garden opening schedules
Asticou Azalea Garden, Thuya Garden and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden will open in 2022…
Job openings at the Preserve
If you love working outdoors in beautiful spaces...
Musings on fertilizers
A guest at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden recently exclaimed...
Thuya Lodge docent Ellen Gilmore retires
After 14 years as a Thuya Lodge docent...
What we are looking forward to in the border gardens
I recently asked two of our lead gardeners what they were most excited about this season…
The fascinating survival strategies of caterpillars
For many predators, both vertebrate and invertebrate, caterpillars are tasty bundles of nutrition and are eagerly hunted…
From the Preserve Archives: Charles Savage’s artistic vision for the gardens
Charles K. Savage, creator and original designer of both the Asticou Azalea Garden and Thuya Garden…
Tell us about your recent visit to the Preserve
The Preserve wants your experiences at our lands and gardens to be enjoyable and positive…
How the Preserve grows and cares for mosses
I must admit that it was not the flowers that drew me to Mount Desert Island eight years ago...
Zoom presentations: learn virtually from Preserve staff
Would you like to learn more about essential pollinators?
Ending the year with gratitude
As we transition into winter and the holidays, I would like to take this moment to say thank you…Read more.
New caterpillar host plants planned for Thuya butterfly garden
This winter we are developing a plan to expand the butterfly garden that is located below the Burden sitting area…Read more.
New border edging at Thuya Garden
Lead Groundskeeper Jason Ashur replaces the wood borders with pink granite. Watch the video here.
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